The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-03

taught the same arithmetic, and never
once IN all that time tailed to prepare
himself for the lesson of the day before
him. This should admonish you that il
you fail TO keep constantly whetted OF
the grlndst0ne of effort the blade of your
intellect, the rust OF disuse will destroy
its edge forever. Minds vigorous and
plastic, instead of being stimulated by
contact with yours, and eheered by the
sunshine of your endeavor, will grow
the rank weed of idleness and conceit
| The spring time is spent for naught aud
the winter of necessity steals on. Op
| portunity wasted, lives and careers
blasted, will be charged at your door.
The benefits which the State would
confer become a charge upon its citi-
zens, when into idle hands these weighty
trusts are given.
The thousand things a willing heart
can find to do, time will not permit me
now to name There lie open before
you the great fields of mechanical en-
deavor, wherein the hand and brain
combine their effort to perform, What
can be done where forests
OF PRIMEvAL GRANDEUR
stand untouched on the banks of happy,
| laughing streams, your own imagina
tion will suggest. Why should any
want, where geniality of climate is we'd
ded to virgin fertility of soil, in a union
whose otfsprings are bountiful harvests
and merry contentment. But the only
wand which will wake into life these
slumbering possibilities TO bless and
comfort all mankind, is the magic wand
of work.
In the iufnity of its wisdom, Omnipo-
tence has provided unnumbered indus
tries for man, 50 that in the mad race for
bread, there need be no crowding of the
course; and if the world were wise
enough to obey the great laws which
have come from the great council of ex-
perience, there would be no want nor
war in all the earth If the law of toll
were everywhere wisely enforced the
horn of plenty would pour out its bless
ings upon the hillsides no less than in
the valley.
WHEN OTHER CATLINGs ARE CROWDED,
and overdone, when the workers ia wood
and iron, and the artihcers i'll brass and
bronze are strolling up and down the
highways, vainly seeking the exchange
of effort tor the sustenance of life; when
there seems too much of art and skill
for the worlds wants, when even the
teacher finds no place, there yet remains
calling which has never yet been
crowded. Older than written history,
its devotees and followers have been
STATESMEN, WARRIORS AND POETS,
whom the world has followed living,
and honored dead 1t offers field for
all that is noble and best in human
nature. Intelligently pursued, it brings
happiness of the highest kind-perfect
freedom from the cares which beset men
along other lines of endeavor He who
pursues it wisely and faithfully needs
bow to no mans command. His plans
are accomplished, and his destiny
wrought out without the tickle bauble
of public favor. His victories are not
attended with the pangs of remorse at
any mans defeat. His triumphs are
those of happiness and plenty. Its re-
wards are easier OF acquisition than in
any other occupation, for Nature itself
is great and powerful silent partner
with unlimited resources and infinite
wisdom to invest it. The sunshine and
the shadow, as they chase each other
over your billowy fields" and the well
come pattering rain-drops are a part of
the great capital which Nature invests
in has enterprise. The icy gates of the
North are swung open by the unseen
hands of Omnipotence, and out stalks the
Giant Cold. In his path he scatters the
sparkling crystals of ice and glistening
gems OF snow. To men in other callings
this lavish scattering of his wealth of
cold is burden hard to bear. For
them, this giant consumes in his icy
Jaws the wealth of summer and au-
tumn's golden store. To the farmer,
our hero, he comes with welcome tread.
For him he brings powers which On
impotence alone can exert. He brings
in his train thousands of plows and har-
rows, which work all silent and unpaid,
through the cheerless, dreary night,
when other agents and forces are wrap
ped in sleeps embrace. Nature did not
stop at making the frost and snow your
servants-ye farmers. She lavished the
breezes of spring, the summers heat and
the lightning's awful power to make
your calling a success. She was even
nrodiea she laid all men and callings
urder contributions to you. The steam
boat, the railroad train, the mighty
things of life which plow the main, move
but to transport among mankind the
bounties of your store. The
GgEAT PULSE OF COMMERCE
heats in obedience to your command.
The world measures its prosperity by
YOUR success. Prince and pauper: peas
ant and king, are alike your patrons.
The world mas always honOred, and
always will, the intelligent tiller of the
soil He need not fear any crowding as
other men must. Men may grow so
wise that they will settle their difficult
ties without the lawyers aid; may learn
IN 50 obev the laws of nature that no
physician be required; the artist may
see pictures on every wall and thousands
still unplaced; the sculptor may see
statues adjoining every park, without
place for more; righteousness may so
prevail that no divine be required to
make men see the light and do the
right, but as long as there be mouths to
feed and bodies to be clothed. the far
mer will have nothing to fear. Men will
call him chief.
The State,
RECOGNIZING AGRICULTURE
as the basis of its most lasting prosper
ity, has sought, obtained and placed
within the easy reach of all, the ser
vices of these learned and able men.
They have combined theory and practice
in such harmony that you are equipped
to secure the futures fullest favors. To
your literary and scientific acquire
ments they have added the priceless
knowledge of the greatest calling earth
has known. You need not for one
moment be idle, and yet beg no man for
a place. The world expects, your peo-
pie demand, and l command that you go
at once into the fields where ripen the
harvest, and ere the fire of youth dies
out Of your eye, that you take the sharp
sickle of honest toll and reap, while the
sunshine of your vigorous young man.
hood gives fmness and vigor to the
stroke | command that you toll ear
nestly, though the day seem long and
the prospects distant, for you may rest
assured that thereby you will for your
self win fame and fortune, and upon
your posterity confer boundless benefits
through all the countless coming
years.
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